Clinical Informaticist RN

Founded in 1887, Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 318-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles. The hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II trauma center, the Los Angeles Center for Womens Health, obstetrics and pediatric services, and comprehensive cardiac and surgical services. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nations five largest health care systems. Visit here https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/californiahospital for more information.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

About this opportunity:

The clinical nurse informaticists provides expertise in the planning, design, development, training, implementation, communication, maintenance, and evaluation of new or existing functionality related to clinical and business information systems. Working under the direction of the Regional Director of Clinical Informatics, integrates nursing/clinical science, computer science, information science to manage and communicated data, information, knowledge and wisdom in clinical practice.  Works as a liaison among stakeholders in order to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to processes, policies, and information systems. Ensures data/information is current with regulatory agency and best practice standards. Coordinates the collection and reporting of metrics defining benefits realization associate with the clinical information systems.  Serves as an internal consultant to all departments to identify and achieve department and project goals.  Provides direct contact with vendor to ensure customer needs are met.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years acute care nursing clinical experience .
• 1+ Electronic Health Record (E.H.R.) implementation experience (super user, trainer or implementation project team member), preferably Cerner. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or related field.
• 3-5 years of experience supporting systems or involved with systems in an acute care setting with direct responsibility for patient care activities.
• 2 -3 years of experience with EHR system build and support (Cerner experience preferred)
• Strong problem solving skills, ability to manage project tasks and timelines, and analytical ability. Must be able to adapt easily to change and engage with others in a team environment.
• Ability to work with and communicate to a diverse work force in all levels of the organization.
• Current California RN License